How to Reduce Antinutrients in Foods
Once you’ve learned what antinutrients are, the next step is to learn how to reduce antinutrients in your food. Some of the healthiest foods have…
fermentation
How to Ferment Anything in Small Batches
We’re all trying to add more vegetables into our diets – from steamed vegetables to dehydrated vegetables to roasted veggies. That’s why I have The Best Produce to Stockpile. Today, we’ll be covering fermenting vegetables! All it took was one bite. I was hooked. A friend had offered me a small jar of her homemade sauerkraut
Eat Well, Spend Less by Fermenting Your Own Vegetables (& a Kimchi Recipe)
Who knew you’d need so much courage just to accomplish things in the kitchen? Forget worrying about whether you’re measuring flour correctly or cutting the cucumbers straight, we’re talking real danger here. If we real foodies were on America’s Got Talent, the judges would be saying we bring an element of danger they’ve never seen
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Monday Mission: Get Your Probiotics
We already researched which are the best probiotics, but here’s how to stick to your probiotic health habit! Probiotics help support the billions of good bacteria living in and helping to run your body, collectively called your “flora.” In our chemically altered, too-clean world, we need to support our own flora by consuming real probiotics
Monday Mission: Ferment Something
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to start a new fermented food this week. Fermented foods add probiotics to your diet, assist digestion of the other foods you’re eating, and usually unlock vitamins or nutrients within the fermented foods that would be otherwise unavailable to you. Many say we should start each meal with
Food for Thought: Health Benefits of Sourdough
Is sourdough bread healthier than other breads? Yes! Learn about the nutrition of sourdough bread and its benefits. Sourdough Health Benefits Fermented foods are oft-lauded for their massive health benefits, including beneficial bacteria to balance your intestinal flora and easier digestion. Lactic acid fermentation not only helps to preserve food but also increases the nutrients
Monday Mission: Make a Sourdough Starter
I was so intimidated by the idea of making my own sourdough that I waited over six months to finally try it. I was convinced I would never post anything about it here at KS and pessimistically assumed I’d fail, so I didn’t even take one picture when I made a homemade starter for the
Finally…Crunchy Pickles! (Lacto-Fermented and Canned)
Phew! I don’t like having mishaps and failures in the kitchen. So much time, so much capital and raw material invested in any new venture. I was pretty excited and nervous to try my hand at canning(link no longer available), and I was (mildly) devastated when the result was soft pickles. Lacto-fermentation had similar results,
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